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Gastric Bypass Surgery
… In this video, Dr. Marc Bessler, Professor of Surgery at Columbia, discusses gastric bypass surgery. Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective of the common bariatric surgeries offered …
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Infections After Lung Transplant Surgery
… Because the immunosuppressant medications you take to prevent … contracting the more harmful infections. Common symptoms of infection include: Fever, chills, sweats Sore throat … Infection after Lung Transplantation Preventing infection is mostly common sense. Protect yourself by following these …
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Columbia Heart Team Saves a Cancer Patient
… a little exercise suddenly left him winded. At about the same time, he also felt a lump in his neck. Joe was … with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a life threatening cancer of the blood. After three and a half years of chemotherapy, … the same time as Joe’s transplant. This life-saving device is now FDA approved for patients with advanced heart failure …
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How You Can Help Us Make A Difference
… The Hope Ahead Campaign As The Pancreas Center looks ahead to … leverage advancements taking place across the field of medicine, and transform the established expectations for … cancer. To make this vision a reality, The Pancreas Center is launching a strategic philanthropic campaign to raise $10 …
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Jennifer H Haythe, MD
… and residency training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003. After finishing a … training in cardiovascular diseases there in 2009. She is currently the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Associate Professor of …
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Amanda J. Powers, MD
… Amanda J. Powers, MD is Assistant Professor of Surgery (in Anesthesiology) as of … surgery residency. She served as an attending physician in the Department of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery Division during …
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Targeted, Highly Sensitive, Non-Invasive Cardiac Transplant Rejection Monitoring
… The investigator's primary goal is to quantitatively detect donor-specific DNA in plasma of organ transplant recipients. The investigator believe's …
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HCV-TARGET: Hepatitis C Therapeutic Registry and Research Network- A Longitudinal, Observational Study
… The primary purpose of the HCV-TARGET study is to establish a nationwide registry of …
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Liver Disease – Hepatitis B
… In this video Dr. Robert Brown, Professor of Medicine and Surgery at Columbia, discusses Hepatitis B in detail. Hepatitis B is the most common form of viral hepatitis in the world, and Dr. …
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Dr. Brown – Hepatitis C
… In this video, Dr. Robert Brown, Professor of Medicine and Surgery at Columbia University, discusses Hepatitis C. Dr. Brown discusses who is at greatest risk for hepatitis C, and the latest on the development of medications to treat this …
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CTOTC Alloantibodies in Cardiac Transplantation: interventions, outcomes and mechanisms
… The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical outcomes of sensitized pediatric heart …
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What to Expect – Your Surgery
… Here is a summary of what to expect from your surgery experience: The Day Before Surgery: The day before your operation, a member of the Ambulatory …
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Inpatient Surgery
… can be a stressful experience for you and your family. The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the NewYork-Presbyterian … that our team will take excellent care of you. Here is a summary of how your day will go: Arrive and Register at …
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Esophagoscopy
… procedure in which a thin, flexible tube with a camera is inserted through the mouth into the esophagus, allowing the physician to view the interior of the esophagus and obtain small tissue samples for biopsy, …
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